The proposals include jail time for people who disrupt infrastructure such as oil refineries and the railways
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has unveiled plans to clamp down on protestors causing disruption across the UK. The measures have been drawn up in a new bill which will be put to MP’s in the House of Commons next week.
According to the Home Office, proposals of the new legislation include introducing 12 month prison sentences for people interfering with infrastructure such as oil refineries and the railways. If the bill is voted in by MP’s, a new criminal office of tunnelling to cause serious disruption will also be created. This will carry a maximum penalty of three years’ imprisonment as well as the potential for an unlimited fine. An offence of going equipped to tunnel will also be created.Ms Braverman said: “I will not bend to protestors attempting to hold the British public to ransom.
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